Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson, born Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer.
He is best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom The Office, for which he earned three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Wilson was cast as Dwight Schrute in The Office in 2005, a role which he played until the show’s conclusion in 2013.
In 2009, he provided his voice for the computer-animated science fiction film Monsters vs. Aliens as the villain Gallaxhar and voiced Gargamel in Smurfs: The Lost Village.
Outside of acting, Wilson published an autobiography, The Bassoon King, in 2015, and co-founded the digital media company SoulPancake in 2008. In 2022, Rainfall changed its name in an effort to raise awareness for climate change.
Why did Rainn Wilson change his name?
Actor Rainn Wilson has changed his name to raise awareness of climate change. The star of The Office US version made the announcement in a video posted on Twitter, saying getting others to join him was going to be “a game changer”.
Speaking in a video posted on Twitter on Wednesday, he said: “What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.
“As the polar caps melt, it drives up the risk throughout the world, including extreme weather events that affect all of us.
“So as a cheap little stunt to help save Planet Earth, I’ve changed my name on Twitter, Instagram, and even on my fancy writing paper…because I’m an Arctic risk name changer, which is going to be a game changer.
“Our mission at Arctic Basecamp is to raise awareness of the global risks of Arctic weather change – it’s not just bad news for the Arctic, but for us too.
“That’s why I changed my name, and you should too – to help tell the world leaders and influencers that we need to act now.
“So I’m reaching out to you and lots of folks in show business to change their names.”